Here are the activities we participated in today.
- churned butter
- made candles
- made bricks
- made corn husk dolls
- made bird feeders
- sewed a quilt square
- attended a lemonade party
- saw period weaponry
- saw period farm tools
- made clay items (T made a cross, J made a clam)
- rode on a hay ride
- participated in ax throwing (OK, so this was just Daddy - and he made it stick the first throw - Yeah!!)
- practiced using a yo yo
- helped build a stone wall
- saw how sausage was made
- saw basket weaving
- saw a dry goods store
- saw a Ranger's Office
- saw the Confederate and Union camps
- saw the gunfire from Muskets
- saw how cotton is made from a miniature cotton gin
- saw the blacksmith making tools
- saw some reptiles native to this area
- saw a Tee pee and a Covered Wagon
- saw canning (how the bottom of a chair is made)
- saw bees making honey (and bought some to eat later - Yummy!)
- saw a log being sawed
Aren't you tired now after reading that. :) Here are the items we were able to bring home. 
When asked what their favorite activities were - the boys unanimously agreed it was the Musket being shot and receiving a flag (from the Confederate camp). They also thought the bees were neat.
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